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United States - Fertility Rate 1966

Name: United States Fertility Rate 1966
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2.72 −0.19 from 1965 Global rank: 34th

United States's fertility rate was 2.72 in 1966, decreased +0.19 from 2.91 in 1965. This was the 34th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Fertility Rate by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	1.58	-26.2%
2nd	Latvia	1.76	1.1%
3rd	Estonia	1.87	-0.5%
4th	Hungary	1.89	3.8%
5th	Romania	1.90	-0.5%
6th	Czechia	2.02	-7.3%
7th	Bulgaria	2.03	-2.9%
8th	Ukraine	2.04	4.8%
9th	Serbia	2.04	-0.8%
10th	Russian Federation	2.10	-1.4%
11th	Lithuania	2.22	-0.4%
12th	Croatia	2.23	0.1%
13th	Belarus	2.29	0.9%
14th	Greece	2.32	3.1%
15th	San Marino	2.33	-0.3%
16th	Malta	2.33	-7.5%
17th	Luxembourg	2.34	-3.3%
18th	Poland	2.34	-7.1%
19th	Sweden	2.37	-0.8%
20th	Finland	2.41	-2.8%
21st	Channel Islands	2.42	-5.8%
22nd	Isle of Man	2.46	-3.0%
23rd	Slovenia	2.47	1.4%
24th	Switzerland	2.50	-3.5%
25th	Belgium	2.52	-3.4%
26th	European Union	2.53	-1.3%
27th	Germany	2.53	1.2%
28th	Italy	2.58	-0.8%
29th	Denmark	2.62	0.4%
30th	Monaco	2.63	-1.3%
31st	Moldova	2.65	-1.3%
32nd	Austria	2.66	-1.5%
33rd	Slovak Republic	2.66	-4.3%
34th	United States	2.72	-6.6%
35th	Georgia	2.73	-1.7%
36th	Canada	2.75	-11.7%
37th	Andorra	2.76	1.6%
38th	Liechtenstein	2.78	-6.2%
39th	United Kingdom	2.78	-2.8%
40th	Bermuda	2.79	-9.2%
41st	France	2.80	-1.4%
42nd	Uruguay	2.82	-0.7%
43rd	Australia	2.88	-3.2%
44th	Netherlands	2.90	-4.6%
45th	Norway	2.90	-1.4%
46th	Spain	2.91	-1.0%
47th	Argentina	2.97	-1.3%
48th	Montenegro	3.09	-2.9%
49th	Portugal	3.16	0.3%
50th	Macao SAR, China	3.32	-8.3%
51st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.39	-3.9%
52nd	Cyprus	3.40	-2.2%
53rd	New Zealand	3.41	-3.7%
54th	North Macedonia	3.43	-2.4%
55th	Iceland	3.59	-3.8%
56th	Gibraltar	3.60	-9.7%
57th	Aruba	3.62	-4.6%
58th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.71	4.3%
59th	Israel	3.80	-0.3%
60th	Puerto Rico (US)	3.82	-5.6%
61st	Kazakhstan	3.82	-1.6%
62nd	Armenia	3.83	-4.0%
63rd	Ireland	3.94	-2.5%
64th	British Virgin Islands	3.97	-2.2%
65th	Faroe Islands	4.04	-1.0%
66th	Cayman Islands	4.08	-1.9%
67th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.08	-3.5%
68th	Barbados	4.14	-0.8%
69th	Chile	4.26	-2.4%
70th	Curaçao	4.27	-4.7%
71st	Antigua and Barbuda	4.32	-2.1%
72nd	Cuba	4.40	-2.4%
73rd	Singapore	4.46	-4.3%
74th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.46	-9.3%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	4.62	-5.3%
76th	Tuvalu	4.64	-1.9%
77th	Korea	4.78	-2.1%
78th	Bahamas, The	4.79	-2.0%
79th	Sri Lanka	4.83	-2.1%
80th	Gabon	4.86	1.6%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	4.99	-11.5%
82nd	Guam	5.07	-1.3%
83rd	New Caledonia	5.25	-1.2%
84th	Grenada	5.30	-5.3%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	5.32	-1.0%
86th	Albania	5.33	-2.7%
87th	Nauru	5.41	-1.2%
88th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.44	-1.2%
89th	Mauritius	5.46	-0.9%
90th	Brazil	5.52	-2.8%
91st	Fiji	5.55	-3.8%
92nd	Northern Mariana Islands	5.59	-1.2%
93rd	Indonesia	5.59	0.0%
94th	Malaysia	5.64	-3.4%
95th	Panama	5.65	-1.4%
96th	Azerbaijan	5.66	-2.2%
97th	Lebanon	5.68	-1.6%
98th	Jamaica	5.69	-0.5%
99th	Costa Rica	5.70	-4.4%
100th	Equatorial Guinea	5.76	0.4%
101st	Lesotho	5.76	-0.3%
102nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	5.78	-3.7%
103rd	Cameroon	5.85	1.0%
104th	Dominica	5.86	-1.6%
105th	Myanmar	5.88	-0.6%
106th	India	5.88	-1.0%
107th	South Africa	5.91	0.3%
108th	Timor-Leste	5.93	-1.3%
109th	Kosovo	5.95	-1.5%
110th	Viet Nam	5.97	-3.1%
111th	Nepal	5.98	-0.4%
112th	French Polynesia	5.98	-0.3%
113th	Guinea-Bissau	5.98	0.2%
114th	Guyana	6.02	-1.9%
115th	Greenland	6.03	-6.0%
116th	Central African Republic	6.06	0.5%
117th	Haiti	6.09	-0.6%
118th	Seychelles	6.13	7.2%
119th	Türkiye	6.15	-1.1%
120th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.16	-0.4%
121st	Colombia	6.16	-2.7%
122nd	Thailand	6.18	-1.2%
123rd	Gambia, The	6.18	-0.1%
124th	Guinea	6.19	0.2%
125th	Suriname	6.20	-1.9%
126th	Kiribati	6.23	-0.6%
127th	Paraguay	6.23	-1.8%
128th	Papua New Guinea	6.23	0.5%
129th	Cambodia	6.24	-0.5%
130th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	6.24	0.5%
131st	Congo, Republic of	6.27	0.6%
132nd	China	6.31	-4.5%
133rd	Lao PDR	6.31	-0.1%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	6.31	-1.2%
135th	St. Martin (French part)	6.32	-0.3%
136th	Sierra Leone	6.35	0.5%
137th	Tonga	6.35	-0.9%
138th	Chad	6.36	0.4%
139th	São Tomé and Principe	6.37	0.3%
140th	Belize	6.38	-0.3%
141st	Nigeria	6.39	0.3%
142nd	Namibia	6.47	0.4%
143rd	United Arab Emirates	6.50	0.0%
144th	Eritrea	6.50	0.0%
145th	Ecuador	6.51	-0.9%
146th	Vanuatu	6.51	-0.2%
147th	Brunei Darussalam	6.51	-2.0%
148th	Mauritania	6.52	1.1%
149th	Qatar	6.52	-0.1%
150th	Burkina Faso	6.53	0.9%
151st	El Salvador	6.57	-1.1%
152nd	Mozambique	6.58	0.5%
153rd	Botswana	6.61	0.0%
154th	St. Lucia	6.61	-1.2%
155th	American Samoa	6.62	-1.7%
156th	Benin	6.63	0.3%
157th	Liberia	6.63	0.2%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6.64	-1.4%
159th	Uzbekistan	6.66	-2.2%
160th	Bhutan	6.67	-0.1%
161st	Peru	6.68	-1.0%
162nd	Philippines	6.69	-1.6%
163rd	Turkmenistan	6.70	-0.8%
164th	Bangladesh	6.77	-0.1%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	6.78	0.6%
166th	Mexico	6.79	-0.4%
167th	Pakistan	6.80	0.0%
168th	Guatemala	6.80	-0.5%
169th	Eswatini	6.80	0.1%
170th	Tanzania	6.80	1.1%
171st	Tajikistan	6.82	1.1%
172nd	Ghana	6.86	-0.3%
173rd	Djibouti	6.88	0.2%
174th	Sudan	6.88	0.6%
175th	Morocco	6.89	-0.6%
176th	Palau	6.93	-1.2%
177th	Bahrain	6.94	-1.2%
178th	Dominican Republic	6.95	-1.5%
179th	Togo	6.96	0.3%
180th	Cabo Verde	6.99	0.0%
181st	Nicaragua	6.99	-0.6%
182nd	Solomon Islands	7.00	-0.3%
183rd	Comoros	7.00	0.5%
184th	Iraq	7.02	0.0%
185th	Tunisia	7.06	-0.8%
186th	Uganda	7.07	0.3%
187th	Mali	7.11	0.4%
188th	Burundi	7.14	0.3%
189th	Zambia	7.14	0.3%
190th	Maldives	7.15	1.1%
191st	Madagascar	7.16	-0.2%
192nd	Malawi	7.17	0.7%
193rd	Angola	7.19	1.1%
194th	Zimbabwe	7.20	-0.5%
195th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	7.21	-0.1%
196th	Senegal	7.22	0.4%
197th	South Sudan	7.25	0.4%
198th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.26	-0.1%
199th	Afghanistan	7.32	0.2%
200th	Kuwait	7.34	0.4%
201st	Mongolia	7.41	0.4%
202nd	Honduras	7.41	-0.4%
203rd	Oman	7.41	0.3%
204th	Niger	7.48	0.2%
205th	Syrian Arab Republic	7.55	0.3%
206th	Samoa	7.60	-0.7%
207th	Saudi Arabia	7.66	0.0%
208th	Algeria	7.71	0.0%
209th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.87	0.3%
210th	Libya	7.89	0.9%
211th	Kenya	7.96	0.4%
212th	Jordan	7.99	0.8%
213th	Yemen, Republic of	8.14	0.5%
214th	Marshall Islands	8.20	0.5%
215th	Rwanda	8.23	-0.2%

FAQ

What was United States's fertility rate in 1966?▾

United States's fertility rate in 1966 was 2.72. This ranked 34th globally.

How did United States's fertility rate change in 1966?▾

United States's fertility rate decreased by 6.6% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1966?▾

Rwanda had the highest fertility rate in 1966 at 8.23.

What is the fertility rate of United States in 1966?▾

The fertility rate of United States in 1966 was 2.72. This ranked 34th globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for United States's fertility rate?▾

United States's fertility rate went from 2.91 in 1965 to 2.72 in 1966, a 6.6% decrease.

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